TYAN THUNDER TOMCAT H1000E User manual

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Thunder h1000E
Tomcat h1000E ///
S3970
Version 1.1
Copyright
Copyright © TYAN Computer Corporation, 2006. All rights reserved. No part of
this manual may be reproduced or translated without prior written consent from
TYAN Computer Corp.
Trademark
All registered and unregistered trademarks and company names contained in
this manual are property of their respective owners including, but not limited to
the following.
TYAN, Taro and Thunder h1000E / Tomcat h1000E are trademarks of TYAN
Computer Corporation.
AMD, Opteron, and combinations thereof are trademarks of AMD Corporation.
Nvidia and nForce are trademarks of Nvidia Corporation
Microsoft, Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
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Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds
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Notice
Information contained in this document is furnished by TYAN Computer
Corporation and has been reviewed for accuracy and reliability prior to printing.
TYAN assumes no liability whatsoever, and disclaims any express or implied
warranty, relating to sale and/or use of TYAN products including liability or
warranties relating to fitness for a particular purpose or merchantability. TYAN
retains the right to make changes to product descriptions and/or specifications
at any time, without notice. In no event will TYAN be held liable for any direct or
indirect, incidental or consequential damage, loss of use, loss of data or other
malady resulting from errors or inaccuracies of information contained in this
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Congratulations Page 5
1.2 Hardware Specifications Page 5
Chapter 2: Board Installation
2.1 Board Image Page 8
2.2 Block Diagram Page 9
2.3 Board Parts, Jumpers and Connectors Page 10
2.4 Tips on Installing Motherboard in Chassis Page 20
2.5 Installing the Processor(s) Page 21
2.6Installing the Memory Page 26
2.7Attaching Drive Cables Page 29
2.8Installing Add-In Cards Page 31
2.9Installing Optional SO-DIMM Modules Page 32
2.10 Connecting External Devices Page 33
2.11Installing the Power Supply Page 34
2.12Finishing Up Page 35
Chapter 3: BIOS
3.1 BIOS Setup Utility Page 37
3.2 BIOS Menu Bar Page 38
3.3 BIOS Legend Bar Page 38
3.4 BIOS Main Menu Page 40
3.5 BIOS Advanced Menu Page 41
3.6 BIOS PnP/PCI Menu Page 60
3.7 BIOS Boot Menu Page 62
3.8 BIOS Security Menu Page 67
3.9 BIOS Chipset Menu Page 68
3.10 BIOS Exit Menu Page 77
Chapter 4: Diagnostics
4.1 Beep Codes Page 79
4.2 Flash Utility Page 79
4.3 AMIBIOS Post Code Page 80
Appendix I: SMDC Information Page 83
Appendix II: How to Make a Driver Diskette Page 85
Glossary Page 87
Technical Support Page 93

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Check the box contents!
The retail motherboard package should contain the following:
1x Thunder h1000E / Tomcat h1000E
motherboard
1x 34-Pin floppy drive cable
4x SATA cable
2 x SATA Drive Power Adapter
1 x Ultra-DMA-100/66 IDE cable
1 x USB2.0 cable
1x COM Port cable
1x Thunder h1000E / Tomcat h1000E
User’s Manual
1x Thunder h1000E / Tomcat h1000E
Quick Reference Guide
1x TYAN driver CD
1x I/O shield
2 x CPU Retention Frame and Back Plate
(Thunder h1000E)
1x CPU Retention Frame and Back Plate
(Tomcat h1000E)
If any of these items are missing, please contact your vendor/dealer for
replacement before continuing with the installation process.

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NOTE

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Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 -Congratulations
You have purchased one of the most powerful server solutions available. The
Thunder h1000E (S3970G2NR) / Tomcat h1000E (S3970G2N-U) S3970 is a
high-end server motherboard, based on the ServerWorks BCM5785chipset. It
also includes the SMSC SCH4307 Super I/O and SMSC EMC6D103 Hardware
Monitoring chipsets.
This motherboard is designed to support up to two AMD®OpteronTM 2000
Series processors and DDRII 667/533 memory. The S3970 is ideal for CPU,
memory, and network intensive applications required in the HPC and clustering
environments.
Remember to visit TYAN’s Website at http://www.tyan.com. There you can find
information on all of TYAN’s products with FAQs, online manuals and BIOS
upgrades.
1.2 -Hardware Specifications
Processors
•Two uPGA 1207-pin ZIF sockets
•Integrated 144-bit DDR2memory
controller
•Thunder h1000E --- supports dual
AMD®OpteronTM 2000 Series
processors
•Tomcat h1000E --- supports single
AMD®OpteronTM 2000 Series
processor
Chipset
•ServerWorks BCM5785 (HT1000)
core-logic
•SMSC SCH4307 Super I/O
System Management
•Two (2) SMSC EMC6D103 hardware
monitoring IC
•Four (4) 4-pin + two (2) 3-pin fan
headers support tachometer
monitoring, four (4-pin) of them with
smart FAN control
•Temperature and voltage monitoring
•Watchdog timer support
Optional Modules
•M3291, IPMI 2.0 Remote System
Mgmt card
-Renesas H8S2167 BMC controller
-BT, KCS, Logging support
-IPMI-over-LAN
-Remote power on/off and reset
•M7901/M7902, Ultra 320 SCSI TARO
card
-Adaptec AIC-7901/7902 single/dual-
channel Ultra320 SCSI controller
-Adaptec Host RAID 0, 1, 10 supported
•M9000 SAS/SATA II TARO card
-Adaptec AIC-9405/9410 SAS
controller
-Supports up to 4-port (M9000-5) and
8-port (M9000-10) SAS & SATA running
at 1.5Gb/s or 3.0 Gb/s
-Adaptec Host RAID 0, 1 & 10
supported
Integrated SATA Controllers
•Supports four SATA ports at 1.5 Gb/s
with NCQ
•RAID 0/1//510 supported (Windows
and Linux support, Thunder h1000E
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Memory
•Dual channel memory bus
•Eight 240-pin DIMM sockets
•Registered, ECC DDRII module
supported, up to DDRII-667
Expansion Slots
•One PCI-X 64-bit 133/100MHz slot
•Four 32-it/33MHz PCI v2.3 slots
•One TYAN “TARO”SO-DIMM socket
•Total of six usable slots
Integrated I/O
•One floppy connector
•One IDE connector
•Four SATA connectors
•Four USB2.0 ports (2 at rear, 2 via
cable)
•Two COM ports (1 at rear, 1 via cable)
•Tyan 2 x9 front panel pin header
•Tyan 2 x6 pin header for front panel
LAN LED and ID LED/Switch
•2x25 connector for optional TYAN
IPMI SMDC
Back Panel I/O Ports
•Stacked PS/2 Mouse & Keyboard
ports
•Stacked 2 USB ports
•One 9-pin COM port
•One 15-pin VGA connector
•Two side-by-side RJ-45 ports
Integrated Video Controller
•XGI Volari Z7 (XG20)
•16MB frame buffer memory
Integrated ATA-100
•One ATA Channel for up to two ATA-
100 devices
Integrated LAN Controllers
•Two Intel i82541 PI GbE LAN
controllers
-With ASF 2.0/WfM/Teaming support
-Operating on 32bit/33MHz PCI bus
BIOS
•AMI BIOS on 8Mbit LPC Flash ROM
•Serial Console Redirect
•USB boot support
•ACPI supported
•PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0 power
management
Form Factor
•ATX footprint
•12”x 10.2”(304.8mm x 259.1mm)
Power
•Onboard dual 4-phase VRM
•EPS12V (24+8) power connectors
Regulatory
•FCC Class B (DoC)
•European Community CE (DoC)
•BSMI (optional)

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Chapter 2: Board Installation
Precautions: The Thunder h1000E / Tomcat h1000E supports SSI, EPS12V
type power supplies (24pin + 8pin) and will not operate with any other types.
For proper power supply installation procedures see page 34.
DO NOT USE ATX 2.x or ATXGES power supplies as they will damage the
board and void your warranty.
How to install our products right…the first time
The first thing you should do is reading this user’s manual. It contains important
information that will make configuration and setup much easier. Here are some
precautions you should take when installing your motherboard:
(1)Ground yourself properly before removing your motherboard from the
antistatic bag. Unplug the power from your computer power supply and
then touch a safely grounded object to release static charge (i.e. power
supply case). For the safest conditions, TYAN recommends wearing a
static safety wrist strap.
(2)Hold the motherboard by its edges and do not touch the bottom of the
board, or flex the board in any way.
(3)Avoid touching the motherboard components, IC chips, connectors,
memory modules, and leads.
(4)Place the motherboard on a grounded antistatic surface or on the
antistatic bag that the board was shipped in.
(5)Inspect the board for damage.
The following pages include details on how to install your motherboard into your
chassis, as well as installing the processor, memory, disk drives and cables.
NOTE
DO NOT APPLY POWER TO THE BOARD IF IT HAS BEEN
DAMAGED.

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2.1-Board Image
This picture is representative of the latest board revision available at
the time of publishing. The board you receive may or may not look
exactly like the above picture.
The following page includes details on the vital components of this
motherboard.

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2.2 -Block Diagram
Thunder h1000E / Tomcat h1000E Block Diagram

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2.3 -Board Parts, Jumpers and Connectors
This diagram is representative of the latest board revision available at the time of
publishing. The board you receive may not look exactly like the above diagram.
Jumper Legend
©© OPEN -Jumper OFF, without jumper cover
©© CLOSED –Jumper ON, with jumper cover

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Jumper/Connector
Function
J2/J3 3-pin Back Panel Fan Connector
J4/J22/J23/J35 4-pin Fan Connector with Speed Control
J6COM2 Header
J24 USB Front Panel Connector
J25 Front Panel SATA LED Pin Header
J26 Front Panel Header
J27 LCM Pin Header
J29 IPMB Pin Header
JP1VGA Enable/Disable Jumper (Close 1-2) Default, enabled
(Close 2-3) Disabled
JP2/JP3 SMDC/ASF2.0 Select Jumper (Close 1-2) Default, support ASF 2.0
(Close 2-3) support SMDC card
JP6PCI-X Frequency Select Jumper Open: 100MHz
Installed: Default, 133MHz
JP8Clear CMOS Jumper
(Close 1-2) Default
(Close 2-3) Clear CMOS
J21 TARO SO-DIMM Socket
J36 SMDC Connector
J5/J28 Reserved for OEM only

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J22
J6
J2
J35
J4
J3
J23

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J4/J22/J23/J35:4-pin Fan Connector with Speed Control
+12V
SpeedControl
GND
Tachometer
+12V
SpeedControl
GND
Tachometer
Use these headers to connect the cooling fans to
the motherboard to keep the system stable and
reliable.
This connector supports the tachometer monitoring
and auto fan speed control.
J4: FAN2 (for CPU2) J23: FAN3
J22: FAN4 J35: FAN1 (for CPU1)
Pin 1 Pin 2 Pin 3 Pin 4
GND +12V Tachometer
Speed
Control
J2/J3:3-pin Back Panel Fan Connector
+12V
NCGND
Use these headers to connect cooling fans to the
motherboard to keep the system stable and
reliable.
Pin 1 Pin 2 Pin 3
GND +12V NC
J6: COM2 Header
1 9
2 10
Use these pin definitions to connect a port to COM2.
Signal
Pin
Pin
Signal
DCD 12DSR
RXD 34RTS
TXD 56CTS
DTR 78RI
GND 910
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J29
J36
J24

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J36: SMDC Connector
J33
CON25X2_M3291
1
3
5
7
9
11
13
15
17
19
21
23
25
27
29
31
33
35
37
41
43
45
47
49
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
22
24
26
28
30
32
34
36
38
40
44
46
48
50
LAD0
LAD2
GND1
GND2
GND3
GND4
I2C1DA
I2C4CLK
GND6
I2C3DA
I2C2CLK
5VSB2
PWRBTN#
RSTBTN#
OEMBTN#
EXTSMI#
CPUNMI#
SIO_RXD
SIO_TXD
SIO_RTS#
SIO_CTS#
SERIRQ
GND12
SMALERTB#
LAD1
LAD3
LFRAME#
PCI_CLK
PCIRST#
I2C1CLK
GND5
I2C4DA
I2C3CLK
5VSB1
I2C2DA
GND7
PCIPME#
COM_TXD
COM_RXD
SOL_CTRL
GND8
COM_RTS#
COM_CTS#
SYSPWRGD
OEMGPIO
BMC_RST#
SMALERTA#
BMC_DET#
For connection with Tyan Server
Management Daughter Card (SMDC).
The SMDC connector is only compatible
with Tyan M3291 (SMDC).
J29: IPMB Pin Header
1
Pin 1 IPMB
DATA Pin 2 GND
Pin 3 IPMB
CLK Pin 4 NC
J24: USB Front Panel Header
1 9
2 10
Use this header to connect to front panel USB connector.
Signal Pin
Pin
Signal
USBPWR
12USBPWR
USB3-34USB4-
USB3+ 56USB4+
GND 78GND
KEY 910
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J26
J
25
J21

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J21: SO-DIMM Socket
Connect SAS/SATA II Daughter Card
(compatible with Tyan M9000-10,
M7901/7902 Ultra 320 SCSI “TARO”
card).
J25: Front Panel SATA LED Pin Header
8
2
7
1
Use these pin definitions to connect front Panel SATA
LED.
Signal Pin
Pin
Signal
SATA1 LED+
12SATA1 LED-
SATA2 LED+
34SATA2 LED-
SATA3 LED+
56SATA3 LED-
SATA4 LED+
78SATA4 LED-
J26:Front Panel Header
INTRU 18
17
SMBUS Clock
GND 16
15
SMBUS Data
NC 14
13
+5VSB
FAN FAIL LED-12
11
FAN FAIL LED+ 10
9NMI
8
7
POWER S/W 6
5RESET
PWR LED-4
3HDD LED-
PWR LED+ 2
1HDD LED+
The motherboard
provides one front
panel header for
electrical
connection to the
front panel
switches and
LED’s.

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JP
8
JP3
JP2
JP1
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JP1: VGA Enable/Disable Jumper
1
3
(Default) -Enable VGA
3
1
Disable VGA
JP2/JP3: SMDC/ASF2.0 Select Jumper
JP6: PCI-X Frequency Select Jumper
1
100MHz
1
(Default) –133MHz
JP8: Clear CMOS Jumper
3
1
(Default)
3
1
(Clear)
Use this jumper when you forgot your system/setup
password or need to clear system BIOS setting.
How to clear the CMOS data
-Power off system and disconnect the power
supply from the AC source
-Use jumper cap to close Pin 2 and 3 for several
seconds to Clear CMOS
-Replace jumper cap to close Pin 1 and 2
Reconnect the power supply to the AC source
Power on system
3
1
(Default) -Support ASF2.0
3
1
Support SMDC card

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2.4-Tips on Installing Motherboard in Chassis
Before installing your motherboard, make sure your chassis has the
necessary motherboard support studs installed. These studs are usually
metal and are gold in color. Usually, the chassis manufacturer will pre-install
the support studs. If you are unsure of stud placement, simply lay the
motherboard inside the chassis and align the screw holes of the
motherboard to the studs inside the case. If there are any studs missing,
you will know right away since the motherboard will not be able to be
securely installed.
Some chassis’ include plastic studs instead of metal. Although the plastic
studs are usable, TYAN recommends using metal studs with screws that will
fasten the motherboard more securely in place.
Below is a chart detailing what the most common motherboard studs look
like and how they should be installed.